After 60+ NHL games, Canucks D-man Chris Tanev scored his first NHL goal last night, which just so happened to be a last second overtime winner against the Edmonton Oilers.

Anyone who follows me on twitter or …

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After 60+ NHL games, Canucks D-man Chris Tanev scored his first NHL goal last night, which just so happened to be a last second overtime winner against the Edmonton Oilers.

Anyone who follows me on twitter or reads me at the Legion knows I have a mild obsession with celebrity dopplegangers of NHL players (check out various NHL casting calls I’ve done HERE). Chris Tanev is a talented hockey player in addition to a dead freaking ringer for “How I Met Your Mother” star Josh Radnor aka “Ted Mosby” aka “Ted Mosby: Architect”.

(Pictured: The same freaking person!)

Seeing as how Vancouverite (and bonafide babe) Cobie Smulders is also on that show and constantly honks for the Vancouver Canucks, I put together this video to commemorate such a great moment for Tanev fans, Canucks fans… and fans of things that are awesome.

Roll the clip!

Yeah, it’s safe to say we hear at the Legion of Blog were pretty damn fired up for that goal. Hopefully, somewhere on the set of “How I Met Your Mother”, Cobie Smulders was just as fired up.

(Unconfirmed reports say at least one chair was hurled in celebration)

You can follow j.Bow on Twitter (@jBowmancouver) and subscribe to Legion of Blog TV on Youtube HERE. There are worse things you can do with your internet connection.

]]>http://blogs.theprovince.com/2013/02/05/chris-tanev-first-goal-tribute-video/feed/0ChrisTanevfirstgoalvideojbowman85(Pictured: The same freaking person!)(Unconfirmed reports say at least one chair was hurled in celebration)Canucks love story on Craigslist – I need closure!http://blogs.theprovince.com/2013/01/25/canucks-love-story-on-craigslist-i-need-closure/
http://blogs.theprovince.com/2013/01/25/canucks-love-story-on-craigslist-i-need-closure/#commentsFri, 25 Jan 2013 21:00:06 +0000http://blogs.theprovince.com/?p=105255There are many things in my life right now that I love.

Among them:

– Mashed potatoes

– My mum

– The films of Gene Hackman

– Relaxing inside on a rainy day

– The Vancouver Canucks

One thing I …

]]>There are many things in my life right now that I love.

Among them:

– Mashed potatoes

– My mum

– The films of Gene Hackman

– Relaxing inside on a rainy day

– The Vancouver Canucks

(Yeah…we’re not exclusive)

One thing I don’t particularly love but consider to be a habit of curiosity, is checking the “missed connections” postings on Craigslist. It’s something I occasionally do whenever I’m bored and wondering if that cute girl I saw on the skytrain has a post looking for “that tall, pale badass who was listening to The Cranberries way too loud on his iPod”.

Yeah, there is a 95% chance any missed connection looking for me would say that exact thing.

Craigslist missed connections also provide a great amount of entertainment, as hopeful people try to cheat the system of meet/cute established by Hollywood movies and the tireless efforts of Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

The other day I was surfing on Craigslist and I saw an ad that piqued my curiosity not just as a fan of classic love stories, but as a fan of hockey and the Vancouver Canucks.

The story goes all the way back to the 2011 Stanley Cup playoff run. It was a time where a lot of us found love in hockey, but for two people who met at the Sharks Club the night Bieksa scored and the Canucks won the Western Conference, it may have meant something more.

Check out the ad:

So there are a few things I’d like to point out regarding the above posting.

1) It wasn’t until after the Canucks vs. Oilers game I discovered it.

2) The person will need to narrow it down a bit. EVERYONE loves T.Linden.

3) I have no way of knowing whether or not these two crazy kids got together and made it work.

I need closure here, people. The fact that two Canucks/Trevor Linden fans shared something special that night (umm, nearly two years ago) and are no longer able to communicate makes my heart sad.

It’s like the opposite of what happened to The Grinch at the end of his movie when he broke his heart measuring instrument that is somehow in his chest without killing him.

So if you are the guy in question who met a girl at Sharks Club that loves Trevor Linden during the Canucks/Sharks game 5 in 2011, go find that post on Craigslist. It’s a match made in hockey, how could it not go well?

Just because I don’t get to know how the above story ends, doesn’t mean I can create my own Canucks love story and give it whatever ending I desire. Such is the benefit of being a writer. So if my future kids “Sidney Crosby Bowman”, “Alexandra Burrows Bowman” and “Trilogy Bowman” ever ask me how I met their mother, I will tell the, the following story (and not take 9 years to do it, Mosby!).

(Too damn bad she’s already taken, and I respect his comedy skills)

It was June, and it was hot. Especially because I was wearing my Canucks jersey. I had decided to wear my new #16 Linden jersey to celebrate him coming out of retirement two weeks prior.

It was then when I saw one of the most beautiful women I’ve ever seen. Our eyes met across a crowded concourse at Rogers Arena. Confetti rained down on the crowd as the Stanley Cup parade was in full swing. She smiled at me, wearing a Trevor Linden jersey of her own, with a custom patch on the shoulder that said “F*ck Messier”.

I knew then I had to talk to her, so I fought my way through the crowd and asked her what her name was. She told me her name was “Catwoman”, and I wasn’t sure if she was joking or not. We talked about how awesome it was that the Canucks beat the “Ranger-Bruins” in 4 straight games and how amazing it was that the league let Trevor Linden fire Gary Bettman during the Stanley Cup presentation.

I knew it was love, so I asked her if she wanted to go somewhere and grab a drink. She said she would love to go get a whiskey, but first she had something important to do.

“What?” I asked, fearing the worst.

“I have to throw this egg salad sandwich she had at that Flames fan who is over there crying and ruining the parade” she said, not even half kidding.

I watched her wind up and throw the sandwich with incredible velocity and accuracy. He throwing motion was an exactly like Dennis Eckersly’s sidearm and the egg salad sandwich hit the stupid Flames fan right in the face.

We laughed and danced as Van Morrison’s “Moondance” was being played by a bunch of violinists who just happened to be there, when I asked her how long she has been waiting for a moment like this (meaning of course the Canucks Stanley Cup win).

“Actually, the Canucks are just my Western Conference team. I’m a much bigger fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs”.

So I hooked up with her sister instead and knocked her up immediately.

Thanksgiving is pretty awkward.

THE END.

You can follow j.Bowman on twitter (@jBowmancouver). The most illogical part of that story is Gary Bettman being fired.

]]>http://blogs.theprovince.com/2013/01/25/canucks-love-story-on-craigslist-i-need-closure/feed/0CobieSmuldersCanucksjbowman85(Yeah...we're not exclusive)HockeylessinSeattleCanucksCraigslisteditGrinchheartgrowthdeath(Too damn bad she's already taken, and I respect his comedy skills)“The Middle Ground” with Wyatt & Bowmanhttp://blogs.theprovince.com/2012/02/19/the-middle-ground-with-wyatt-bowman/
http://blogs.theprovince.com/2012/02/19/the-middle-ground-with-wyatt-bowman/#commentsSun, 19 Feb 2012 21:00:50 +0000http://blogs.theprovince.com/?p=61194This post was written by myself and Wyatt Arndt (who you can read HERE) and is also available in the White Towel pull-out section of today’s (Sunday) paper. Go buy the thing. Don’t just stand there in the supermarket, …]]>This post was written by myself and Wyatt Arndt (who you can read HERE) and is also available in the White Towel pull-out section of today’s (Sunday) paper. Go buy the thing. Don’t just stand there in the supermarket, read it, and walk away. You’re better than that.

Wyatt and I have disagreements all the time. All fans of anything do. One thing we try to do is at least come to a compromise on some topics and…